Quite easily doable, technically. In fact it would be fairly straightforward to automate the procedure, and use dynamic HTML scripting to add sliders and a button you could click on to submit your ratings to a PUG database.
But it still might not be all that good an idea. If you rate my image 6/10 is that because you don't like this sort of image, or because you *do* like them but feel I didn't execute well on the concept? The number doesn't tell me, but a freeform comment does. Even more important, though, would be to hear what you might have done differently. I may or may not agree with you. But if I don't hear your ideas I'll never get to improve my photography. I'm not "qualified" to comment on the photographs, either. And you'll rarely see me comment on some types of photographs (such as street candids) because I don't have any alternative suggestions to make. But there are usually more than enough images I *could* comment on, if only I could overcome my inertia. > I love looking at all of the PUG monthly photos, but I do not feel qualified > to comment on the photos insofar as offering praise, criticism, or > suggestions for improvement. What I think would work, if it would be > possible, is if there were some sort of a rating system (number 1-5, 5 being > the best) for the technical components such as composition that one could > rate each photo as they viewed it. Perhaps there could be 2 or 3 different > technical things, and then there could be a place for people to check if the > photo is one of their top 3 or 5 favorite photos. This would not take long > and could be done while viewing the photos. Probably that would be hard to > set up. The scoring would be something that just PUG members could access, > and the end of each month, the ratings for the top 10 or so could be posted. > Just a thought . . . probably not doable. > > Kathy L. > >
